#holidays 2012

8 Tips for Safe Shopping on Cyber Monday

If you’re staying home this Black Friday weekend, opting instead for online shopping, you’re likely avoiding the mobs of shoppers and keeping yourself safe from flying elbows and possibly getting trampled in the crowds.

But for the growing number of people who prefer to shop on Cyber Monday rather than face the crowds at the mall, be warned; shopping online isn’t entirely safe, either.

With so…

Give Your Favorite PC User the Stylish Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse

Mashable’s Gift of the Day series highlights cool, interesting and fun products for that special someone on your holiday list.

A computer mouse might not sound like the most exciting present this holiday season, but the Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse isn’t just any peripheral — it’s a seriously stylish input device. Perfect for anyone with a Windows 7 or Windows 8 PC or laptop, this mouse is sleek,…

Touch-Sensitive Headphones Respond to Your Every Move

Mashable’s Gift of the Day series highlights cool, interesting and fun products for that special someone on your holiday list. The Parrot Zik headphones fulfill every requirement you might expect — great audio, noise-cancelation and Bluetooth-enabled. But the high-tech gadgetry built in makes for some pretty cool extras. The built-in accelerometer can sense when you remove the headphones and put…

Give the WowWee Light Strike to Your Favorite Laser Tag Opponent

Mashable’s Gift of the Day series highlights cool, interesting and fun products for that special someone on your holiday list.

When your child isn’t spending his time glued to a smartphone or tablet, Light Strike is a tried-and-true way to entertain the youngsters this holiday season. And let’s be honest, the grownups, too.

Light Strike from WowWeeboasts impressive technology — the company’s…

Build Your Own Holiday Toys With littleBits

Finding the right holiday gift for your kids can be tough. Fads come and go quickly, and keeping up to date with them — “Are corduroy bibs still ‘hip’ with teenagers?” — is an uphill and albeit win-less battle.

But what if your kids could create and design their own gifts instead? That’s what a company called littleBits is encouraging this holiday season.

The company, launched last year,…

Build Your Own Holiday Toys With littleBits

Finding the right holiday gift for your kids can be tough. Fads come and go quickly, and keeping up to date with them — “Are corduroy bibs still ‘hip’ with teenagers?” — is an uphill and albeit win-less battle.

But what if your kids could create and design their own gifts instead? That’s what a company called littleBits is encouraging this holiday season.

The company, launched last year,…

Build Your Own Holiday Toys With littleBits

Finding the right holiday gift for your kids can be tough. Fads come and go quickly, and keeping up to date with them — “Are corduroy bibs still ‘hip’ with teenagers?” — is an uphill and albeit win-less battle.

But what if your kids could create and design their own gifts instead? That’s what a company called littleBits is encouraging this holiday season.

The company, launched last year,…

The AR.Drone 2.0 Is the Ultimate Gift for Flight Nerds

Mashable’s Gift of the Day series highlights cool, interesting and fun products for that special someone on your holiday list.

Who wouldn’t love the gift of flight this holiday season? A cutting-edge take on the remote-controlled helicopter, the Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 is a smartphone-controlled (or tablet-controlled) quadricopter with a high-definition camera beneath its hull.

With the AR.FreeF…